Chapter 70: How is it possible?
In the next half a month, Xiao Yao's spare time was basically occupied by the rehearsal of the band and the rehearsal of the hip-hop dance team. In order not to delay any of them www.biquge.info Xiao Yao simply quit his part-time job at the "Buy More" supermarket. He himself is not short of money, and he goes to the supermarket to work part-time just to experience the life of an ordinary American high school student. He has been working part-time in a supermarket for more than three months, and he has basically experienced enough.
Time entered the last month of the year, in addition to the rehearsals of the band and hip-hop team, Xiao Yao also ushered in another new experience opportunity. "TeenageVigilantes" was released in early December. As the creators and performance band of the film's theme song, the band Immortals received an invitation to the premiere of the film.
To say that there are two very successful actors in the family, Xiao Yao should still have a lot of opportunities to participate in the premiere of the movie. Xiao Chengru and Ye Jiaying also did not propose to bring Xiao Yao to attend together, providing Xiao Yao with the opportunity to "rub" the red carpet of the movie premiere. It's just that Xiao Yao was still young at that time, and he was very uninterested in this opportunity to "rub" the red carpet, and he never agreed. Therefore, he, the second generation of stars from an acting family, has never attended the premiere of any movie.
Of course, the movie premiere in the United States is still a little different from that in China. At the very least, although the premiere was attended by a large number of media and stars, there was no red carpet before entering the premiere theater.
Even if there is no red carpet procedure, being able to participate in the premiere of a commercial film and still sit in the front row as a creator is a rare experience not only for Xiao Yao, but also for the other members of the band.
So, all five members of the band dressed up and drove to Los Angeles for an unforgettable premiere trip.
Xiao Yao can also be regarded as having seen the style of American movie premieres. There was no red carpet, no performances, only the film's main creative staff greeted all kinds of media, film critics and celebrities at the door of the premiere theater. After the film screening, there was no host, no interview, just the director and several core members of the crew took the microphone to the stage to thank the audience, and briefly talked about the mental process of shooting the movie, and the whole premiere was over.
The band Immortals is only the creator of the theme song, and naturally they are not the core members of the film crew, so they just watched a movie for free and met a lot of big stars who can usually only be seen on entertainment news, and the whole premiere basically didn't have anything to do with them.
However, Xiao Yao was also very satisfied with this premiere. It is also an honor to be able to enjoy this movie in advance before the vast majority of people.
During the premiere, unlike most of the band members, who focused on the stars who came to cheer, Xiao Yao's attention was basically focused on the movie. Although I have watched the original film before the soundtrack of this movie is completed, Xiao Yao is still watching the finished product after the soundtrack. In Xiao Yao's personal concept, music is the soul of a movie, and the original film without a soundtrack before is a work that lacks a soul in Xiao Yao's opinion, but now that it is injected into the soul, Xiao Yao naturally wants to feel it again.
Due to the relationship between watching the original film without a soundtrack, Xiao Yao, who is already familiar with the plot, has focused most of his attention on the soundtrack of the movie, and in the soundtrack of the whole movie, Xiao Yao is most concerned about the position where their theme song appears.
Movies generally do not have an opening song, and the theme song usually appears at the end of the movie when the subtitles of the cast and crew names are played, which is usually called the ending song. But in addition to the ending part, the theme song of many movies will also appear with the plot when the main film of the movie is played.
This movie is the latter case. This song "Immortals" appears in the plot when the Junior Vigilantes are reorganized. This is the turning point of the whole film from the low tide to the peak, and then it is time to prepare for the final battle. Therefore, this place is the most relaxing time point for the audience to watch the movie, with the brain-opening, interesting and cool equipment that the young vigilantes in the play have come up with after reuniting, the audience's mood is easily brought by this plot and this song together, sunny, and full of hope.
With the theme song of the whole movie as the soundtrack in such a plot, it is simply suitable. Xiao Yao instantly gave thirty-two likes to the film's soundtrack artist Ron Distin in his heart.
In addition to Xiao Yao, the director of the film, Danny Gray, and one of the producers, Duran Waco, also paid special attention to the plot of the film. But what they care about is not whether the plot on the screen and the theme song match, they have long determined this. They are unusually concerned about the expressions of those media and film critics at this time. Because their evaluation of this theme song will be directly related to the focus of the next wave of publicity after the release of the movie.
Seeing the smiles on the faces of the media and critics at this time, and even a few people shaking their bodies slightly to the theme song of the movie, Danny Gray and Duran Waco glanced at each other, as if to say, "Now, we really need to focus on promoting this student band." ”
Despite this mental preparation, director Danny Gray did not act immediately, so he did not mention the band Immortals in his speech and acknowledgment speech after the premiere. Judging from the expressions of the media and film critics, it is just a basic judgment to prepare in advance. But until the film reviews of various media outlets are published, they will not rush into action.
The day after the premiere, film review columns from various entertainment and professional media outlets published reviews of the animated film "TeenageVigilantes", which had premiered the night before.
"The quality of the film is excellent. The picture is well-made, and although the plot and subject matter are old-fashioned, the details are full of novelty and imagination, and it is a rare animation work this year. Given that it's already December, it's arguably arguably the best animated feature of the year. ”
Xiao Yao finished reading a review of "TeenageVigilantes" on the movie page of the Los Angeles Times, threw it aside, and began to read the next newspaper.
Meanwhile, Danny Gray and Duran Waco are flipping through the newspaper in Duran's office. I flipped through three or four newspaper reviews, and although they all had good reviews of the movie, none of them mentioned the theme song in the movie.
"Why not?" Duran Waco muttered and suggested to Danny Gray at random, "Why don't we pay someone to write a review of the theme song of the movie?"
"It's taboo to spend money on film reviews, and if it is exposed, it will be worth the loss for our movie. Danny Gray shook his head and said, "Although that student band is indeed a good publicity point, I would rather just hang their information on the official website, and promote it in a regular way, so that the effect is a little reduced, and I don't want our film to be stained." Let's take another look. ”
Xiao Yao took a copy of the movie version of "Los Angeles Express" and read: "The theme of the movie is relatively old-fashioned, basically a juvenile cartoon version of a superhero movie, but there are many highlights in the details, and the form of animation allows the screenwriter to have no restrictions on prop production and can fully use his imagination." The various bizarre equipment in the movie are both novel and interesting, and the fighting scenes and methods are also very special, which makes people fully feel the youthful vitality of the protagonists of the movie. When it comes to the vitality of young people, the theme song of the movie is also a very energetic song, the song and lyrics are very good, and they match the theme of the movie just right. ”
"Jan, what are you doing?" At this time, there was a knock on Xiao Yao's door and Dean's voice.
"Come in. Xiao Yao shouted.
"What's wrong with you today?" Dean looked at Xiao Yao's bed of newspapers and said, "After I came back from watching the premiere last night, I said that the band would not rehearse today, I thought you were going to go to hip-hop dancing there, who knew that you went out early in the morning to buy a bunch of newspapers and locked yourself in your room." Is there any big news in the newspapers today?"
"Look at this. Xiao Yao handed the newspaper in his hand to Dean and said with a smile: "The stage of the Oscars is one step closer to us." ”
"The Los Angeles Express's entertainment film review column, columnist, journalist, and film critic Eliza Prez..."Dean took the newspaper handed by Xiao Yao and read it.
Editorial Board of the Los Angeles Express.
Eliza Prez, who had just finished a manuscript, stretched and picked up the coffee cup on the table to pour a cup of coffee in the pantry. As soon as he stood up, the phone on the desk rang.
Eliza Pretz smiled wryly, picked up the microphone and put it to her ear and said, "Hello, the Los Angeles Express editorial office, I'm Eliza Pretz. ”
"Hello, Ms. Pretz, I'm Duran Waco, one of the producers of TeenageVigilantes, and first of all thank you for your fair comments on our film. The voice of a middle-aged man came from the other end of the phone.
"You're welcome, Mr. Wako, I just said what I really felt. Eliza Pretz smiled.
"I read your film review and saw that you mentioned the theme song of this movie," Duran Waco directly explained, "Actually, the singer of the theme song of our movie is quite special, I don't know if you are interested in learning about it?"
Hearing Duran Waco's words, Elisa Pretz immediately understood that this was the filmmaker's desire to report on the singer of the movie's theme song and help the film with a second wave of promotion. For her, it's not impossible to do this, after all, the quality of the film is really good, and it is normal to publish some related reports in the future, but only if the content of the report is really herself and what she thinks the audience will be interested in. She is not a volunteer promoter of a certain movie, she only serves the moviegoers.
"Oh, although the theme song of this movie is indeed very good, but it is not at the level of the Oscar for Best Original Song, I wonder what is special about this singer?" asked Elisa Preze with a smile. What this means is that the song is indeed good, but it is only good, and it is not at the level of the Oscar for Best Original Song, that is, it has not reached the level of writing a report specifically for this song.
"Of course, I know that this song is not at the temple level, but I think it is worth reporting considering the identity of the singer and creator. Duran laughed on the other end of the phone.
"How special?" asked Eliza. At the same time, the first reaction in my heart was to guess whether the singer and creator were disabled.
"The song is sung by a middle school band. "There are five members in the band, one eighteen and four seventeen, all of whom are students in a middle school. The song is their own original composition. I heard that it seems to be their first original work. ”
"What, a middle school student, how is that possible?" exclaimed Eliza Preze.
"Do you think there's value in reporting now?" laughs Duran Wako.
"Of course! If this song is the work of a band like Daydream, I would think it is normal, but if it is really the work of a middle school band that is still in school, it is a little hard to believe. (To be continued.) )